It is always an exciting day when Altenew asks you to be part of their release party, and this time the new BAF: Snapdragon is one that you will want in your collection, as Altenew has designed it to be easy to layer and with a very realistic finished look. Let me show you what i mean,

To assemble the card, i cut a piece of the new Blushing Blooms paper pad and then layered a piece of vellum with the stamped sentiment and then used some foam adhesive to attached the flowers to the card. Love the simplicity of the car, and the color combination brings the detail in the blooms.

For the next card, chose to create a card that uses a more subtle color combination. This time, I created the background using the Square Weave Stencil and some Rose Gold paste from Vicki Boutin. I stamped the BAF Snapdragon image using Altenew Gray inks so that it would stand out from the background.

To assemble the card, i chose to use foam adhesive to prop the image, and then used the Wispy Begonia stamp set to add the sentiment to the card. Love the color contrast and how the single bloom completes this card.

Like i mentioned, i love the movement and versatility of the stamp and used it to create a layout for my Family album (Citrus Twist Kits' Life Crafted Album).

This time, i chose to create a background for my page, using just some of the images from the BAF: Snapdragon stamp set. Firstly, I created a mask so that i could continuously stamped the shadowed background using Altenew inks.

I did not want to overpower or hide the background with extra embellishments and decor, so i simply created a few blooms using the Rose petal mini ink cube, and used them to embellish the picture. The title also comes from the BAF: Snapdragon stamp set. I have created a video that shows you how this page came together:

We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 5/10/2019.

Thank you so much for visiting, and remember you can always contact me if you have questions on how any of these came together. Now it is time to visit the lovely Laura Volpes blog. You can always come back here to start the hop, or reach the Altenew Card blog. A list of all the participants has been added for your convenience:

I really love how you used the grey on the flowers so you have one focal point without losing the theme. Stunning. So elegant. I also really love the orange card with the grey flower. All your ptojects are just lovely.

Thank you for sharing your techniques with us! I really appreciated the video showing us the two page layout in your art journal. You are right the gray colors that you used did dry into a warm form of the gray and were beautiful!

Hi Nathalie :) Your cards are uniquely stunning!!! I love your backgrounds on both your card and stamping the snapdragon in the muted colors in your second card is really dramatic! The journal page is as sweeeeeet as your subject! Thanks for the inspiration :)